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- Title
Neurochemical Changes and c-Fos Mapping in the Brain after Carisbamate Treatment of Rats Subjected to Lithium–Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus.
- Authors
Eduardo Marques-Carneiro, José; Nehlig, Astrid; Cassel, Jean-Christophe; Ferreira Castro-Neto, Eduardo; Julie Litzahn, Julia; Pereira de Vasconcelos, Anne; da Graça Naffah-Mazacoratti, Maria; José da Silva Fernandes, Maria
- Abstract
The administration of lithium–pilocarpine (LiPilo) in adult rats is a validated model reproducing the main clinical and neuropathological features of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Previous studies have shown that carisbamate (CRS) has the property of modifying epileptogenesis in this model. When treated with CRS, about 50% of rats undergoing LiPilo status epilepticus (SE) develop non-convulsive seizures (NCS) instead of convulsive ones (commonly observed in TLE). The goal of this work was to determine some of the early changes that occur after CRS administration, as they could be involved in the insult- and epileptogenesis-modifying effects of CRS. Thus, we performed high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to quantify levels of amino acids and monoamines, and c-Fos immunohistochemical labeling to map cerebral activation during seizures. Comparing rats treated one hour after SE onset with saline (CT), CRS, or diazepam (DZP), HPLC showed that 4 h after SE onset, dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), and GABA levels were normal, whereas serotonin levels were increased. Using c-Fos labeling, we demonstrated increased activity in thalamic mediodorsal (MD) and laterodorsal (LD) nuclei in rats treated with CRS. In summary, at early times, CRS seems to modulate excitability by acting on some monoamine levels and increasing activity of MD and LD thalamic nuclei, suggesting a possible involvement of these nuclei in insult- and/or epileptogenesis-modifying effects of CRS.
- Subjects
STATUS epilepticus diagnosis; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PILOCARPINE; BRAIN mapping; STATUS epilepticus treatment; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Pharmaceuticals (14248247), 2017, Vol 10, Issue 4, p85
- ISSN
1424-8247
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3390/ph10040085